How to Play Blokus

Step-by-Step Guide

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   Step 1: Determine number of players.

   Blokus original/Blokus classic/Tripakus (free print-and-play) is for 2 to 4 players.
   
   Blokus Duo/Travel Blokus is for 2 players.
   
   Blokus Trigon is for 2, 3 or 4 players.
   
   Blokus 3D/Rumis is for 2 players.
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   Step 2: The game is played on a square board divided into 20 rows and 20 columns

   There are a total of 84 game tiles, organized into 21 shapes in each of four colors: blue, yellow, red, and green.
   
   The 21 shapes are based on free polytrominos of from one to five squares (one monomino, one domino, two trominoes/triominoes, five tetrominoes, and 12 pentominoes).
   
   The standard rules of play for all variations of the game are as follows.,,,,,, a tehtromino is worth
   -4 points).
   
   If a player played all of his or her pieces, he or she gets a bonus score of +20 points if the last piece played was a monomino, +15 points otherwise.
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   Step 3: for a total of 400 squares.

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   Step 4: Order of play is based on color

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   Step 5: with blue going first

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   Step 6: followed by yellow

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   Step 7: and green.

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   Step 8: The first piece played of each color is placed in one of the board's four corners.

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   Step 9: Each new piece played must be placed so that it touches at least one piece of the same color

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    Step 10: with only corner-to-corner contact allowed—edges cannot touch.

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    Step 11: When a player cannot place a piece

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    Step 12: he or she passes

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    Step 13: and play continues as normal.

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    Step 14: The game ends when no one can place a piece.

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    Step 15: When a game ends

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    Step 16: the score is based on the number of squares in each player's unplayed pieces; a player loses one point for each square (e.g.

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